Personally I don't worry too much about copyprotection stuff. What I worry about is that with every Screenshot that appears, PT-Boats look more like a "Shooter"...pray this doesn't endup like one more of those Sim lookalikes...
I have more faith in the S-Boot Mod for SH3 then in PT-Boats which most important feature seems to be Eyecandy-DX10-Support.
Well, lets wait for them to finish and lets hope it shines!